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Mistakes Made By The A380 Airbus Product Managers

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The A380 plane was a bad idea that saw the light of day Image Credit: Photo by Daniel Eledut on Unsplash If you were looking for an exciting product manager job, then being a product manager at the European aircraft company Airbus would probably be a safe bet. When they stop production, Airbus will have sold 251 aircraft.

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Boeing Product Managers Struggle To Come Back From The 737 MAX Disaster

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Boeing’s product managers need to find ways to rebuild trust Image Credit: Ferry Octavian. Every product manager job is different. Right now, being the product manager at Boeing who is responsible for the 737 MAX jet would defiantly fall into the difficult category. Some are easy and some are hard.

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Airbus Product Managers Focus On New Smaller Airplanes

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So what’s a product manager supposed to do when your biggest product has been discontinued? This is the challenge that was facing the Airbus product managers. What they needed to do was figure out how Airbus could continue to grow and be successful when they no longer had their premier product to offer.

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Product Managers Prepare To Battle For The Inside Of Your Car

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However, even as you read this, product managers are scrambling to try to win over this one last remaining unclaimed screen. Alphabet and Apple, meanwhile, are itching to put their familiar screens and apps inside vehicles just like they have done with so many other products. Your PC screen is owned by either Microsoft or Apple.

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Food Delivery Product Managers Need Steady Customers

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The product managers at these food delivery services are working hard to try to establish their new market while fending off all of the other companies that are doing the same thing that they are. If every store that serves food now offers a form of delivery, what’s the problem that product managers have to solve?

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Starbucks Product Managers Deal With The Covid-19 Virus

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The Starbucks product managers, like everyone else, have had to close their stores for a while. The Starbucks product managers, like everyone else, have had to close their stores for a while. The product managers plan to open least one alternative location for every store that is closed. and Canada.